Crossroads

Chapter 351

“Dominick, what the hell gives you the right to

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The room was roughly 300 square feet, without windows or a balcony, a completely sealed box. The center of the room was divided by a thick glass wall. Inside the high–density, bulletproof glass wall, Courney was like a caged animal, furiously pounding on the glass, shouting and cursing.

“Ms. Peterson, you’d better calm down and cooperate with us.

The guard’s voice, low and menacing, came from behind the alloy electronic door to the right of the glass wall.

“Go fuck yourself! Get me out of here, now!”

Courtney was frantic, kicking the glass with a deafening boom.

The whole space felt suffocating, making it impossible to think straight. The walls glowed an ominous red, adding to the sense of agitation and uncase. Courtney’s clothes were tom, her hair a mess, her eyes blazing with hatred.

She screamed with all her might, pounding her fists in frustration. “Dominick, what the hell are you trying to pull! You better watch your step, goddammit, or Ill kill your precious Stephaniel

“Let me out of here! What gives you the right to lock me up! Fuck, let me gor

“What reason do you think I have to detain you?” Dominick, sitting directly across from her, finally spoke, his face contorted in anger.

Courtney glared back, eyes blazing with rage. “You fucking monster! You’ll get what’s coming to you, you hear me? Dominick, don’t think you’re Invincible. Someone will take you down eventually

Her relentless rant didn’t faze him. He was simply growing tired of her.

“Gary is awake,” Dominick suddenly said

demeanor instantly shifted to shock and

Courtney’s

Dominick Courtney seemed to give in, adjusting her emotions as she asked him with trembling

laughing hysterically at his stern face, her laughter dripping with sarcasm. “What could the heir of the Wellington family possibly not know? You brought me here to interrogate me, and it turns out there are things you don’t know… It’s amazing that there are things in this world that are beyond

face grew even darker and more menacing as he listened to her

what happened to Stephanie, was it you?” he asked directly, his

abruptly stopped as she looked

adjusting her hair with a proud tilt of her chin. “So, it’s about Stephanie again,” she said with a

subtle change in his facial expression Courtney knew that every time she mentioned the name “Stephanie“, it seemed to have a magical effect, causing his brow to instinctively furrow

and asked him, running her fingers through her long hair as

deep eyes. “Did you have anything to do with what happened to her when

question. Suddenly, she noticed a hint

ruthless as Dominick was

“don’t tell me you didn’t know Stephanie’s mother was the homewrecker who tore your family apart. Your dad almost divorced your mom, Mary, over that hussy Madison. And Mary took all her anger out on you

him up. Dominick, the golden boy, was perfect, too

to see just how deep his secrets

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Chapter 351

even teamed up with him to abduct you. Poor little Dominick, only five years old at the time, chained like a dog and dragged around. But a

as if words of fury

a deep breath, he gritted his teeth and forced his rage down.

dared speak of the abducting

the thaw, Dominick ran and ran, but the strides of a five–year–old could only carry him so far. The sounds of pursuit thundered behind him. Did he feel fear? He couldn’t remember. All he could recall was the coldness, chilling to the bone. The cold made his wounds throb and itch, their

escaped from the abductors. When the Wellingtons found him, his clothes were tattered, his body covered in bloodstains, and he had pneumonia, nearly

mentioning it, thinking it was a shameful secret. His grandfather had sensed something off about the abducting

his grandfather still didn’t know that the mastermind behind his abduction was none other than his own mother.

buried it deep. His father eventually reconciled with his mother, who remained the dignified lady of the Wellington family.

when he began to despise